QUESTION
What is the purpose of the live New York City (NYC) map project, what funding is allocated to this partnership, and what feedback have you received from the public on it?
0:25:16
·
139 sec
The live NYC map project was implemented to better understand commercial corridors and vacancy rates in the city, aiding in program design and resource allocation.
- The partnership with live XYZ is allocated a total of $1.6 million per year until fiscal year 2025.
- The data informs where the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) should focus services and support.
- Business improvement districts utilize the map data for district profiling.
- SBS plans to continue this type of data collection on commercial corridors through programs like Neighborhood 360 and Avenue NYC grant programs.
Oswald Feliz
0:25:16
So last year, all of you, SB has partnered with a live XYZ to create the live NYC map, which lists active and vacant storefronts in the city.
0:25:26
Why was this project implemented and how much funding is going to this?
0:25:29
Partnership?
Calvin Brown
0:25:32
So we implemented this project so we can just have a better count of, you know, what was happened in the long commercial corridors and to really understand where vacancies was the vacancy rate was high throughout the city.
0:25:46
So it's been very helpful once again to inform how we do our program designs where there's areas of target in the city that we need to focus on to provide additional support with all of the services that SBS provides.
0:26:01
And the total amount for this is of 1,600,000 per year, and it the last year's FY 25
Oswald Feliz
0:26:12
funding.
0:26:14
Okay.
0:26:15
And is this a partner partnership that SBS plans to continue doing or plan to continue.
Tian Weinberg
0:26:26
Yeah.
0:26:26
We are certainly excited to continue the work in terms of understanding commercial corridors and vacancies, and that's also what we do in our neighborhood 360 and avenue NYC grant programs, which include a community district needs assessment.
0:26:41
That often involves working with the organization on the ground to act walk through the commercial corridor and kind of do the same thing that we're doing with live NYC of actually documenting everything in the commercial district.
0:26:53
So storefront vacancy is certainly and data collection is certainly a long term interest of
Oswald Feliz
0:26:58
our agency.
0:26:59
Okay.
0:27:00
And what feedback have you received from small businesses or other members of the public on whether they use the map, for what purposes they use the map, and whether it's been helpful
Calvin Brown
0:27:09
Yeah.
0:27:10
We we know that a lot of our bid partners use the map.
0:27:14
They've been able to create, you know, district profiles based on the information that received from the map.
0:27:20
And just to continue on what Tian said, we use it, you know, to supplement that work that we do on a localized level through our grant programs and working with any community based organizations.
Oswald Feliz
0:27:34
Okay.
← Previous Chapter
How is the Department of Small Business Services tracking and analyzing storefront vacancy data?
Next Chapter →
What are the factors contributing to the high storefront vacancy rate in Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers' district in Queens, and how does the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) target its outreach efforts to improve these rates?
